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Carlton Tavern, Kilburn
The Carlton Tavern is a pub in Kilburn, London that was demolished in 2015 by Tel Aviv-based developer CLTX, which had failed to obtain the necessary planning permission. The council subsequently ordered the pub to be rebuilt brick by brick. It reopened on 12 April, 2021. The pub was the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during World War II. Building The Carlton Tavern stood on Carlton Vale, just north of Paddington Recreation Ground, and just to the south of St. Augustine's church. It was built in 1920–21 for Charrington Brewery to a design by the architect Frank J. Potter. It replaced an earlier pub on the same site that was destroyed by a German bomb from the major Gotha Raids air raid of 19/20 May 1918. The building was noted for its unaltered 1920s interiors and faience tiled exterior. It was the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during World War II. It was owned by Punch Taverns until at least June 2008, when Punch was unsuccessful in its app ...
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Carlton Vale
Carlton Vale is a street that runs through Kilburn, London, Kilburn and Maida Vale in London. Some of its route forms the boundary between the City of Westminster to the south and the London Borough of Brent to the north. To the west the street continues as Kilburn Lane through Queen's Park, London, Queen's Park, while to the east it becomes Carlton Hill running into St. John's Wood. Carlton Vale crosses or meets several roads including Kilburn Park Road, Cambridge Road and Randolph Avenue. Carlton was a popular name in the Regency era and beyond, suggesting an "ambience of elegance". The street was developed in the mid-nineteenth century and was originally known as Carlton Road. Most of the original buildings were Victorian era, Victorian, although few survive today. The Anglo-Catholic St Augustine's, Kilburn, St. Augustine's Church was built just north of Carlton Vale to serve the growing population of the area. To the south of the street is Paddington Recreation Ground. The st ...
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